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The Cincinnati Reds will be happy to see the back of Milwaukee Brewers outfielder Christian Yelich this season.With a triple in the bottom of the sixth inning Monday night Freddie Freeman Jersey , Yelich completed his second cycle of the 2018 campaign. His first cycle came against the Reds as well.Milwaukee Brewers BrewersWith his triple in the 6th, ChristianYelich became the first Brewers player to hit for the cycle since... Christian Yelich (8/29/18 at Cincinnati). Todays performance was the 9th cycle in franchise history. #ThisIsMyCrew ODCDF7WrcHThe Athletic's Joel Luckhaupt and C. Trent Rosecrans shared these stats from Yelich's feat:Joel Luckhaupt jluckhauptChristian Yelich had more cycles against the Reds in the last 20 days than the Reds hitters have in the last 59 seasons.C. Trent Rosecrans ctrentCORRECTION -- Yelich is the FIFTH player to hit for the cycle twice in one season. FIRST to do it against one team in the same seasonThe 2018 All-Star singled in the first inning to get his night started. Then came a double in the third inning, which put Curtis Granderson in position to score the first run of the game. Yelich later brought Granderson home with a two-run homer in the bottom of the fifth to make it a 4-0 game.MLB MLB.ChristianYelich likes to keep Bernie_Brewer on his toes. PILU3jS9o2Monday's game won't win Yelich the National League MVP Award, but it's an example of why he at least warrants mention in the MVP conversation.He entered the night batting .313 with 30 home runs http://www.bravesfanproshop.com/authentic-bobby-cox-jersey , 89 RBI and a .556 slugging percentage. His 5.7 WAR was best among NL position players, per FanGraphs.The Brewers are 2.5 games back of the Chicago Cubs in the NL Central but are three games up on the St. Louis Cardinals for the first of two wild-card spots. Should Milwaukee return to the postseason for the first time since 2011, Yelich's MVP case may be too strong to ignore. The Chicago Cubs are keeping manager Joe Maddon for the 2019 season, ending speculation that they would fire him after losing to the Colorado Rockies in the NL Wild Card Game.Bob Nightengale of USA Today broke the news.Joe Maddon will remain as #Cubs manager through 2019 http://www.bravesfanproshop.com/authentic-bob-uecker-jersey , but there will be no extension. The Cubs will make a determination on his future after 2019 when his 5-year, $28 million contract expires.— Bob Nightengale (@BNightengale) October 3, 2018It wouldn't have made much sense for Chicago to fire a manager that led them to a World Series championship in 2016, ending a 108-year drought. Maddon and the Cubs have won 90-plus games in four straight years now Tyler Flowers Jersey , and reached the NLCS in 2015, 2016 and 2017.The Cubs lost a NL Central tiebreaker game to the Milwaukee Brewers on Monday, which forced them to play the Rockies in the NL Wild Card game. Chicago lost a nail-biter 2-1 in 13 innings, and their excellent showing in 2018 went down the drain after a pair of gut-wrenching losses.advertisingBut in big markets like Chicago http://www.bravesfanproshop.com/authentic-orlando-cepeda-jersey , it's championship or bust when it comes to the postseason. The Cubs were defeated in five games by the Los Angeles Dodgers in last year's NLCS, then they had this late-season unraveling to miss out on the Division Series. Credit: Jerry Lai-USA TODAY SportsMaddon left the Tampa Bay Rays to join the Cubs in 2015, and they've won no fewer than 92 games in his first four years at the helm. One of the game's top leaders and in-game strategists, Maddon has more than deserved the chance to manage the Cubs for a fifth season.The Cubs lost Cy Young winner Jake Arrieta in free agency and replaced him with Yu Darvish Phil Niekro Jersey , who made just eight starts and missed most of the season due to an elbow injury. Despite losing their top ace, Maddon and the Cubs were oh-so-close to a third consecutive NL Central title.advertisingMaddon is safe for at least another year, but the Cubs may decide to change things up if they don't go far into the postseason in 2019.

A potential National League playoff preview will continue at Chavez Ravine on Tuesday when the Los Angeles Dodgers (59-48) host the Milwaukee Brewers (62-47) as large home favorites at the sportsbooks.The Dodgers lost the series opener 5-2 on Monday as favorites http://www.dodgersfanproshop.com/authentic-max-muncy-jersey , giving the Brewers the most wins in the NL.MLB betting line: The Dodgers opened as -167 favorites (wager $167 to win $100); the total is at eight runs, according to sportsbooks monitored by OddsShark. (Line updates and matchup report)MLB betting pick, via OddsShark computer: 3.1-3.0, Dodgers (MLB picks on every game)Check out the OddsShark podcast on iTunes or at OddsShark.libsyn.com for more odds information, betting picks and a breakdown of this week's top sports betting news.Why the Brewers can pay on the MLB linesMilwaukee remains one of the most underrated teams in baseball, as they have gone 6-3 since suffering through a season-worst seven-game losing streak. The Brewers ended that skid with a 4-2 home win against Los Angeles on July 21 but still lost two of three to the Dodgers right after the MLB All-Star break.The Brewers are hoping to catch the Chicago Cubs for the lead in the NL Central and wrap up an eight-game West Coast road trip with four in Los Angeles. Wade Miley (1-1, 2.01 ERA) will toe the rubber here, and he is coming off a solid start at the beginning of the trip at San Francisco, allowing two runs and six hits in five innings of an eventual 7-5 Milwaukee victory last Thursday. Why the Dodgers can pay on the MLB linesThe Dodgers are involved in an equally competitive divisional race with the Arizona Diamondbacks, so they cannot afford to lose two in a row to the Brewers. Los Angeles has dropped consecutive games only once since the end of June, and one of those losses was a 16-inning road affair a week ago at the Philadelphia Phillies.Countering Miley on the mound will be Walker Buehler (4-3, 3.92 ERA), who has pitched much better at home than on the road. The 24-year-old has gone 2-2 with a 2.97 ERA at Dodger Stadium, limiting opposing hitters to a .209 batting average there compared to 2-1 with a 5.26 ERA away from home. He has never faced Milwaukee in 20 career games. Smart betting pickLos Angeles is 10-6 in the past 16 meetings, according to the OddsShark MLB Database http://www.dodgersfanproshop.com/authentic-ross-stripling-jersey , but a disappointing 3-5 in the last eight after posting a 7-1 mark in the previous eight. During this recent stretch, the Brewers have beaten the Dodgers three straight times at home, and they will make it four in a row with another upset victory.MLB betting trendsMilwaukee is 4-1 in its last five games.Milwaukee is 4-1 in its last five games on the road.LA Dodgers is 2-4 in its last six games when playing Milwaukee.All MLB odds and betting trends according to Bleacher Report's official odds partner, OddsShark. Check out OddsShark on Twitter and Instagram or head to YouTube for more betting picks and analysis on this week's top games. You can also download the free odds tracker app. NEW YORK — The 1,584th major league game for David Wright was the first one in which he ever thought he was going to throw up while in the on-deck circle. The 1,585th major league game also promises to be an unprecedented experience for Wright, who will make his final appearance in the bigs Saturday night when the New York Mets host the Miami Marlins in the penultimate game of the season for both teams at Citi Field.Jose Urena earned the win by allowing one run over six innings Friday night as the Marlins won the series opener, 8-1.Mets left-hander Steven Matz (5-11, 4.14 ERA) is scheduled to oppose Marlins right-hander Trevor Richards (4-9, 4.66) on Saturday night. But all eyes before, during and after the game will be on Wright, the career-long Met who will be forced to retire after the season due to chronic neck, shoulder and back injuries.Article continues below ...“I’m happy that David got back to the field,” said Marlins manager Don Mattingly, whose own career was shortened by back woes. “He’s worked so hard and you hate to see guys battle Yasmani Grandal Jersey , battle, battle to not get back to the field. The fact that he worked his way back, I think tells a lot about David, his kind of desire.”Wright’s pinch-hit at-bat in the fifth inning Friday night — he grounded out on the first pitch he saw from Urena — was his first at-bat for the Mets since May 27, 2016, when he went 1-for-4 against the Los Angeles Dodgers and struck out against Louis Coleman in his final plate appearance.Wright underwent complicated neck surgery — it was officially termed a “cervical discectomy and fusion surgery” — 20 days later. It was the first of three operations for Wright, who had right rotator cuff surgery last Sept. 5 and a lower back operation exactly a month later.Wright recovered well enough to embark upon a three-week rehab assignment in August. But while playing for Class A St. Lucie and Triple-A Las Vegas, he realized his body would not allow him to play any longer.“Physically and the way I feel right now, and from everything that the doctors have told me, there’s not going to be any improvement,” Wright said during a tearful press conference Sept. 13. “So, yeah, I don’t see (continuing his career in 2019) as a possibility.”There were no tears for Wright on Friday, when he and manager Mickey Callaway agreed he would make a pinch-hitting appearance the first time Callaway had to replace the pitcher. But Wright’s dinner nearly made an unexpected appearance in the on-deck circle in the fourth inning, when he was preparing to bat behind Kevin Plawecki. “I bent down for a minute and I was like ‘It might come out http://www.dodgersfanproshop.com/authentic-joc-pederson-jersey ,’ ” Wright said with a grin afterward. “My heart felt like it was beating through my chest and I was like ‘I can’t do this right now.'”Fortunately for Wright, Plawecki hit into a fielder’s choice for the final out. The next inning Wright received a standing ovation from the crowd of 27,045 both before and after his at-bat.“I’ve played in a lot of Opening Days and I’ve played in some playoff games and some World Series games and I never felt that type of nervousness that I felt tonight,” Wright said. “Like I said, there were points where I felt like I was pretty close to throwing up, but once it was over and I got a chance to kind of look up a little bit, I wish I could have gotten a hit. But putting (a) 96 (mph fastball) in play isn’t so bad either. Just the reaction from the crowd, I’ll remember that forever.”Wright will receive plenty of ovations Saturday, when the Mets expect a rare sellout. The gates will open at 4:30 p.m. so that fans can watch Wright take batting practice. Callaway said Wright will likely receive two at-bats before being pulled before the top of an inning.Wright is scheduled to spend at least an inning with the Mets’ broadcast crew after he leaves the game. He’ll end the night by addressing the crowd after the final out.As for what he expects?“Just to be able to get in the flow of the game a little bit and to really be able to soak it in and enjoy the moment, I think, is my goal for (Saturday),” Wright said. “A hit wouldn’t hurt. But expectations are low, so I’ll be smiling (Saturday), hits or outs.”The spate of injuries will bring a low-key ending to a career that once appeared destined to land Wright in the Hall of Fame. Through his age-30 season in 2013, Wright had a .301 batting average Clayton Kershaw Jersey , a .382 on-base percentage and a .506 slugging percentage in 1,374 games, numbers which compared favorably to George Brett (.316/.370.,503 in 1,358 games) and Chipper Jones (.309/.404/.544 in 1,252 games).“There is a sadness to it,” Callaway said Friday afternoon. “We’re glad he gets to go out there tomorrow and be in front of the fans and in front of his daughters and we’re glad that his hard work paid off. He did everything he could to come back and he’s going to get to show everybody one more time.”Matz didn’t factor into the decision in his most recent start last Sunday, when he gave up three runs over three innings as the Mets beat the Washington Nationals 8-6. Richards earned the win Sunday, when he tossed seven scoreless innings in the Marlins’ 6-0 victory over the Cincinnati Reds.Matz is 3-2 with a 3.26 ERA in seven career starts against the Marlins, and that includes a 1-0 record and 2.31 ERA in two starts against Mia mi this season.Richards took the loss in his lone outing against the Mets on Sept. 12, when he gave up six runs (four earned) over five innings as Miami fell 13-0.

NEW YORK — The last time the New York Yankees and Boston Red Sox got together on July 1 http://www.redsoxproshops.com/authentic-mookie-betts-jersey , Aaron Hicks hit three homers and David Price was roughed up. It added up to an 11-1 rout for the Yankees and both teams exited Yankee Stadium tied for first place in the American League East.It seemed the dogfight for AL East supremacy was on, but the Red Sox gradually pulled away. When the rivals get together Tuesday night for the opener of a three-game series, they will have differing goals.The game was originally scheduled to start in the afternoon but was moved back six hours due to the forecast of heavy rain in New York.Article continues below ...The Red Sox (103-47) will clinch their third straight AL East if they win one game in the series. When they clinch, it will be their fourth in seven seasons since the Yankees last won the AL East in 2012.The Yankees (91-58) will try to prevent the Red Sox from celebrating at Yankee Stadium for the second time in three seasons while attempting to keep their lead in the wild-card race.The reason for the differing goals is because of what unfolded for the teams after their last meeting in New York. It was the last time the Yankees and Red Sox were tied for the lead. Since then, Boston is 47-18 and New York is 37-31.“That would be awesome,” Red Sox ace Chris Sale told reporters in Boston after Sunday’s 4-3 win over the New York Mets at Fenway Park put them on the verge of clinching. “I think we’d all like to do it here, obviously Brock Holt Jersey , but we weren’t able to do that.“Going to one of your biggest rivals in the division or in the game and being able to do it there, it will be fun. We’ll enjoy it anywhere we’re at.”The Yankees hold a 1 1/2-game lead over the Oakland A’s and can feel fortunate to still have home-field advantage. While the A’s dropped two straight, so did the Yankees, losing two one-run games to the Toronto Blue Jays to continue a stretch of inconsistent performances in the last three weeks.The Yankees are 8-11 in their last 19 games since a 5-3 win on Aug. 29 in Baltimore. That capped a 15-5 run immediately after the Red Sox completed a four-game sweep in Boston over the Yankees to take a 9 1/2-game lead.“First of all, it’s never too late. We’re not even close to too late,” Yankees manager Aaron Boone said after Dellin Betances allowed two runs and four hits in the eighth inning on Sunday. “We’ve got to play better, clearly. We’re not playing our best right now. But the history of this game is littered with stories of teams that went into the playoffs in different scenarios: limping http://www.redsoxproshops.com/authentic-rusney-castillo-jersey , playing great.“The bottom line is, you’ve got to be playing right when it counts, and don’t mistake that for ‘This is OK,’ but I still believe at my core that we have everyone in that room to do something special.”The Yankees have been getting healthier in recent weeks with the return of Gary Sanchez (groin) and Didi Gregorius (heel). It’s possible that Aaron Judge (fractured right wrist) could return to the lineup Tuesday and closer Aroldis Chapman (left knee) could also return at some point in the next few days.The Yankees activated Judge on Friday since there are 40-man rosters, but all he has done was play two innings in right field Friday.Without being able to pencil Judge into the starting lineup since he was hit by Kansas City right-hander Jakob Junis, the Yankees are 26-22, including 14-12 at home. During those games Chris Sale Jersey , the Yankees are batting .234 (365-for-1,562).“Every team goes through it,” Judge said. “Right now, you don’t want to go through it, especially when it’s late like this, but we’ve still got plenty of baseball left to get hot.“It’s all about what team is hot. If we can get hot here in the last two weeks and take that into the playoffs, we’re going to be in a good position.”Mookie Betts will likely play for the Red Sox on Tuesday and be the starting designated hitter. He injured his left side making a throw and exited Sunday’s game as a precaution.“You know Steven Wright Jersey , I was just coming out of it for precautionary (reasons), just to make sure it didn’t get any worse,” Betts said. “But it checked out to be just fine.”Former Yankees pitcher Nathan Eovaldi gets the start for the Red Sox. He is 2-3 with a 4.17 ERA since being acquired from Tampa Bay just before the non-waiver trade deadline.Eovaldi last pitched a week ago as a reliever when he allowed two runs in 3 2/3 innings of a 7-2 win over Toronto. He faced the Yankees on Aug. 4 and allowed three hits in eight scoreless innings of a 4-1 win.J.A. Happ, who missed the series in Fenway because of hand, foot and mouth disease, starts for the Yankees. He is 6-0 with a 2.70 ERA in eight starts for New York.Happ remained unbeaten as a Yankee when he allowed six hits in six scoreless innings during a 7-2 win on Sept. 10 at Minnesota.The veteran left-hander is 7-4 with a 2.98 ERA in 19 career appearances against Boston.Boston leads the season series 8-5. The rivals close out the regular season next weekend with a three-game series at Fenway. If Giancarlo Stanton had his way, Major League Baseball wouldn't have a World Series winner in 2018.Speaking to TMZ Sports http://www.redsoxproshops.com/authentic-craig-kimbrel-jersey , the New York Yankees slugger said he's "rooting for a draw" in this year's Fall Classic.Even though a draw in the World Series would leave a bad taste in the mouth of MLB fans, it's the best approach for Stanton to take.As a member of the Yankees, Stanton is essentially contractually forbidden from rooting for the Boston Red Sox. It would also be odd to root for the team that eliminated the Yankees from the playoffs. The Houston Astros eliminated them from the ALCS last year, though that was before Stanton was on the team.In the National League, Stanton wouldn't seem to have any ill will toward the Milwaukee Brewers or Los Angeles Dodgers. They never did anything to the Miami Marlins when he was playing there.But knowing how unforgiving New York fans can be, Stanton is better off not having any rooting interest in who climbs to the top of the MLB mountain this year.

As an expansion team http://www.officialkings.com/authentic-adidas-jonathan-quick-jersey , the Vegas Golden Knights have defied all sorts of odds.Long shots to even make the playoffs seven months ago, they are a favorite to hoist the Stanley Cup in June. Behind the stellar play of goaltender Marc-Andre Fleury, the Golden Knights completed a sweep of the Los Angeles Kings to move into the second round against San Jose.That puts the Golden Knights in some rare company as they became the first expansion team in NHL history to sweep a series in their inaugural season . The Pittsburgh Penguins recorded a sweep in their first playoffs appearance in 1970, which was their third season in the NHL. Not to be overlooked are the St. Louis Blues, who made three straight Stanley Cup finals beginning in 1967-68 after the league expanded and threw all the new teams into the same division. The Florida Panthers also had early success, going to the 1996 Finals three years after entering the league.”We’re just trying to be as good as we can be,” Vegas general manager George McPhee said. ”No one knows what exactly is going to happen. We think we’re a pretty good club, but we’ll keep trying to do what we’re doing and see where it takes us.”After a few days off, the crew gets back to work with the Sharks looming.Asked if the down time was good for his squad, McPhee responded: ”This is not like the bye week where they have five days off and they’re not skating or they’re not training. We’re not going to Mexico.”A look at a few of the expansion/charter teams that found success early:CAROLINA PANTHERS & JACKSONVILLE JAGUARSCarolina went 7-9 in its inaugural season in 1995 with Kerry Collins leading the way. The Panthers made it to the NFC championship game one season later, losing 30-13 to Brett Favre and the Green Bay Packers. Jacksonville followed a similar path. 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The squad captured three of the first four MLS Cups – 1996, ’97 and ’98. Their first coach was Bruce Arena.PHILADELPHIA/BALTIMORE STARSDonald J. Trump owned the New Jersey Generals in the fledgling USFL, which ran from 1983-85, but the Stars ruled. The Philadelphia/Baltimore Stars reached the championship game all three years, winning the title twice. They lost to the Michigan Panthers in the 1983 championship game, then beat the Arizona Wranglers to cap the 1983-84 season. After relocating to Baltimore Authentic Oscar Fantenberg Jersey , the Stars beat the Oakland Invaders for their second straight title in the league’s last hurrah. The team was coached by Jim Mora and their quarterback was Chuck Fusina, the former Penn State standout who finished runner-up to Oklahoma’s Billy Sims in the 1978 Heisman race.—AP Pro Football Writer Arnie Stapleton contributed.— SUNRISE, Fla. (AP) — The Florida Panthers are spreading the scoring around.Aleksander Barkov scored twice during Florida’s five-goal second period and the Panthers beat the Ottawa Senators 5-1 on Sunday night for their fourth straight win.Jonathan Huberdeau had a goal and an assist, and Frank Vatrano and Troy Brouwer also scored. Mike Hoffman had two assists and has points in 12 straight games, one short of Pavel Bure’s franchise record of 13. Bogdan Kiselevich also had a pair of assists. In all, 11 different players left a mark on the scoresheet for the Panthers.“After 14 games, I think we’ve found some balance and some chemistry,” coach Bob Boughner said. “We had all lines going after the first period.”James Reimer made 33 saves. Reimer started in place of Roberto Luongo, who was given the night off after playing in Saturday’s 4-2 win over the New York Islanders.“I like our chances when we score five,” Reimer said. “In the back end of a back-to-back in less than 24 hours, that’s a tough schedule. The guys played hard.”The Panthers swept a three-game home series and now embark on a six-game road trip.“The challenge now is to take this on the road,” Boughner said.Ryan Dzingel scored for the Senators Tanner Pearson Jersey , and Mike McKenna stopped 35 shots in his first start of the season. Regular starter Craig Anderson was given a rest after playing in Saturday’s 6-4 win at Tampa Bay.“We were chasing it for a while there (in the second) and by the third it just turned into a contest to see when the game was going to be over,” McKenna said. “It was disappointing, for sure.”Barkov sparked Florida’s big second period by making it 1-1 3:05 in, and Huberdeau put the Panthers ahead with a power-play goal about three minutes later.The Panthers then scored three goals in a span of 3:14. Barkov’s second goal stretched the lead to 3-1 when he grabbed the puck on a breakaway and fired a shot in at 14:57. Brouwer took a pass from Colton Sceviour from behind the net in front and pushed the puck past McKenna at 16:03 to make the score 4-1. Vatrano’s goal at 18:11 made it 5-1.“It was a one-period lapse and in the NHL that’s enough to kill you,” coach Guy Boucher said. “We didn’t bury the ones that could have hurt when it was time and they got theirs and that hurt us.”Barkov has three goals in two games.Dzingel put the Senators ahead 1-0 with a power-play goal late in the first period. Dzingel’s wrist shot from the slot beat Reimer on the glove side.Senators C Colin White left the game in the second period with an undisclosed injury.NOTES: Dzingel’s goal was his sixth on the road, leading the team. … Hoffman was a member of the Senators from 2011 until 2018, playing in 342 games. He was traded to the Panthers in June 2018. … Panthers forward Juho Lammikko recorded his first NHL point with an assist on Brouwer’s goal. “It was nice to get that one out of the way and it’s even nicer when we win the game,” Lammikko said. … Evgenii Dadonov extended his points streak to 11 games.UP NEXT:Senators: Host Detroit Red Wings on Thursday night.Panthers: Visit the Philadelphia Flyers on Tuesday night.